Cedar Park sports complex, with hockey rinks, breaks ground Wednesday

Claire Osborn @cosbo4

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May 21, 2019 at 6:14 PMMay 21, 2019 at 6:24 PM

Construction is expected to begin Wednesday in Cedar Park on a large indoor and outdoor sports complex that will include two regulation-size National Hockey League ice rinks. The facility, called iSports Cedar Park, will also have an indoor and an outdoor turf fields

A partnership of local investors and developers formed iSports Cedar Park LTD, and plans to build the 206,000-square-foot complex near the southeast corner of the U.S 183-A tollway and Scottsdale Drive, according to a news release from the company.

A groundbreaking ceremony will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at the project site. Principal partners of the company who will be at the celebration include Eric Perardi of Perardi Development, JP Newman and Adrian Lufschanowski of Thrive FP, the release said.

It said other people attending include leaders with Chaparral Ice, the D1 Training company, and hockey stars Travis Morin of the Texas Stars and Justin Dowling of the Dallas Stars, as well as football star Quan Cosby and two-time Super Bowl champion Dan Neil.

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Jaxon Shipley, a former wide receiver for the University of Texas, will also be at the groundbreaking. Shipley now owns Shipley Performance, which will have an alliance with the D1 Training franchise, the release said. Shipley will focus on specialized football training for youths, according to the release.

The complex will include a mix of family entertainment, sports medicine, retail space and restaurants, according to the release. It said the facility may be open as early as next summer. Chaparral Ice will operate the fields, and another major tenant will be the D1 Training Group of Central Texas, which has trained many of the nation’s top college and professional athletes, including Peyton Manning, Chris Paul, Tim Tebow and Von Miller, the release said.

The ice rinks will be open for youth and travel hockey, figure skating and curling programs, and skating for the general public. The turf fields will be used for soccer, lacrosse, football and other sports.

“From the onset, our ultimate goal has been to create a family-oriented destination where physical fitness is fun for people of all ages, abilities and athletic interests,” said Eric Perardi, founding principal of Perardi Development, in a statement in the release.

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